Illustration Photo: Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers. (credits: Esther Havens / DIVatUSAID / Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers. (credits: Esther Havens / DIVatUSAID / Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Intel Corporation’s employees work in the D1X fabrication facility in Hillsboro, Oregon. Among Intel’s most modern facilities, D1X is a multibillion-dollar microprocessor research factory. Workflows are perfected at the plant and can be then replicated at other Intel facilities. (Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation)

Photo: Intel Corporation’s employees work in the D1X fabrication facility in Hillsboro, Oregon. Among Intel’s most modern facilities, D1X is a multibillion-dollar microprocessor research factory. Workflows are perfected at the plant and can be then replicated at other Intel facilities. (Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation)

A group of Samsung employees went to the Vietnamese town of Phuc Thuan in 2014. They set up three digital classrooms equipped with thirty PCs with monitors and a digital display. The project was part of an effort to offer ICT education to students from three schools including Phuc Thuan High School. (credit: Samsung)

A group of Samsung employees went to the Vietnamese town of Phuc Thuan in 2014. They set up three digital classrooms equipped with thirty PCs with monitors and a digital display. The project was part of an effort to offer ICT education to students from three schools including Phuc Thuan High School. (credit: Samsung)

Use of "Smart Grid" technologies can impact carbon emissions — but by how much? A new Emissions Quantification Tool can estimate the answer to that question. (Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)